[Mochan]

Has anyone here heard the Marantz 1090? It has a really fat, bassy, tubey sound (it's not a tube amp though). I'm looking for something portable that sounds just like it.

Any recommendations?

 

[Duggeh]

Have you considered just turning on the "treble reducer" EQ on your iPod?

(There is no such thing as tube sound).

 

[Mochan]

Of course. That doesn't do it.

BTW - The "Tubey" sound (or whatever you want to call it -- it exists I've been hearing it for years in the guitar amp world) isn't just a simple EQ change. It's a kind of coloration to the signal that you typically get using tube amps -- smooth fat sound with rolled off treble and rounded bass. Not all tube amps create this sound (Little Dot for instance doesn't) and as I mentioned my solid-state Marantz creates it. You certainly aren't going to get it just changing the EQ on your iPod -- especially since iPods don't sound "fat" at all compared to say a Cowon.

 

[jp11801]

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Originally Posted by Duggeh /img/forum/go_quote.gif (There is no such thing as tube sound).

sure there is, haven't you ever shaken them they make a nice tinkling sound that is pleasant to my ears